Stretcher for woven wire



Jan. 1, 1924 I 1,479,635

A. J. VAN ACKEREN STRETCHER FOR WOVEN WIRE Filed May 11, 1923 4 r I l I I I 4 Ill/Arum"!!! A A. Vanfiekeren Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES AEGIDIUS J. VAN ACKEREN, or CEDAR RAPIDS, NEBRASKA.

STRETCHER WIRE.

Application filed May 11, 1923. Serial No. 638,222.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AEGIDIUS J. VAN AoKnREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Boone and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Stretcher for Woven Wire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its principal object to provide a stretcher of such construction that woven wire, for fences, regardless of the size, proportion or imperfection of its meshes, may be readily drawn to a taut condition. Another object is to provide a wire stretcher for fences which will consist of few and simple parts, so that it may be manufactured economically and will be convenient in use.

The invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a woven wire fence with the device applied in operative position. Fig. 2 is a side view of a brace-bar. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device, mounted upon a fence post. Fig. 4 is a broken away, side view of a fence post with the device mounted thereon, the bearing-block being shown in vertical section. Fig. 5 is a view of the device in horizontal section, the fence post being in transverse section. Fig. 6 is a view of the bearing-block in horizontal section. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the bearing-block, and Fig. 8 is aview of the same in vertical section.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, the invention is shown and. described in connection with fence posts 8 upon which the woven wire 9, after being stretched, is stapled, each fence post preferably consisting of side strips a and 6. between which are secured spacing-blocks 0.

The wire stretcher consists of a bearingblock 10 adapted to be disposed in engagement with the side of a post 8, said block having a pair of arms or wings (1 adapted either to engage or to lie somewhat loosely at the opposed sides of the post, that end of the block opposite to the wings d, being provided with a cylindrical recess or socket 11 for receiving a cylindrical screw-nut 12 provided with handles 13, said block being provided, in linev with the axis of the cylindrical recess, with a comparatively large aperture 14; and as described, the block may be disposed in engagement with, and by any suitable means may be supported at approximately the middle, of a fence post. the nut 12 having a bearing in the recess 11, andadapted to be rotated by use of the handles.

' Numeral 15 indicates a screw-bar adapted to be disposed in the recess 11 in line with the anis of said recess, and upon said bar or screw is mounted the nut 12, said bar being disposed between the strips a and Z) of the post, its hook 16 being adapted to be connected with the'chain or other flexible holder 17 which is connected with the pair of gripping-bars 18, saidzbars 18 being secured to the fence wire.

It will thus be seen that the parts mentioned are few and simple, and therefore they may be manufactured at a verv limited expense, and since the device is free from complicationdt may be conveniently operated.-'

It will be noted that the aperture 1 1 is of ample diameter. as compared with the diameter of the screw 15, so that the threads of the screw will not become worn or damaged from contact with the block 10; and on account of the mounting of the nut 12 in its socket 11 the screw 15 may be supported in a horizontal position in line with the axis of the aperture 14.

In operation, the posts being set in the ground at uniform distances from each other, and the bearing-block being disposed in engagement with a fence post with the screw-bar in the aperture 14, between the side strips a and b of the post, the chain 17 is then secured to the hook 16, and by rotating the nut 12, the bar 15 will be moved longitudinally for stretching the fence wire in an effective manner, the bearing-block being pressed against the fence post with considerable force.

In order that the pressure against a post, by the operation last described, will not move the post from a vertical position, a brace-bar 19 is employed and is disposed between the fence post upon which the device is mounted and the post adjacent thereto'to which the fence wire is to be stapled, said brace-bar being provided with flanges 7 adapted to lie upon the top of the posts;

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and after the fence wire has been drawn to a taut condition, by rotating the nut 12, it may be stapled to the posts.

While I have described construction in detail, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself in this respect, and changes in form, size, proportion of parts and minor details may be made if desired, said changes being within the scope of the in-- vention as claimed.

I claim as my invention,

1. In a device for stretching woven wire to be secured to fence posts, a bearing-block provided with a cylindrical recess and adapted to be mounted on a post, a screwbar connected with the wire and traversing the post, the bearing-block and cylindrical recess, and a revoluble, cylindrical nut disposed in the recess of the bearing-block and threaded on the screw-bar for moving said screw-bar longitudinally.

2. In a wire stretcher, an upright post, a bearing-block having a cylindrical recess and adapted to engage and having wings disposed at the sides of said post, a screw bar having a hook for a connection with the wire and traversing the post and said block to be disposed centrally of said recess, and a revoluble, cylindrical nut having bearings in the recess and threaded on the screwbar for moving the screw-bar longitudinally.

3. In a wire stretcher, upright posts disposed in spaced relation, a bearing-block adapted to engage and having wings at opposed sides of one of said posts, said block navaess being provided with a cylindrical recess and having an aperture communicating with and disposed in line with the axis of said cylindrical recess, a screw-bar having a hook for a connection with the wire and traversing the aperture and recess of the block, a revoluble, cylindrical nut having hearings in the recess and threaded on the screw-bar for moving said bar longitudinally, and a brace-bar between and engaging said up right posts.

4 A wire stretcher, in combination, a post, a second post, each post including a pair of upright, parallel, connected strips, a brace-bar between and engaging said posts, a bearing-block adapted to engage the first named post, said block being provided with a cylindrical recess and having an aperture centrally of and communicating with said recess, a screw-bar disposed between the side-strips of the first named post in the aperture and recess of the bearing-block and adapted to be connected withthe Wire, and a cylindrical nut provided with handles and having bearings in the recess, said nut being threaded on the screw-bar and being revolublefor moving said bar longitudinally.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AEGIDIUS J. VAN ACKEREN.

Witnesses J. H. WATTS, RICHARD D. HADLEY. 

